date:Aug 21, 2013
main constituents, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and epicatechin gallate (ECG), strongly inhibit Plasmodium falciparum growth in vitro. Both these catechins are found to potentiate the antimalarial effects of artemisinin (a key malaria treatment) without interfering with the folate pathway. Moreover, the tests showed that the combination of artemisinin and the green tea catechins displayed a strong combined effect.
Interestingly, while in previous studies Planda confirmed the same effect,